oldmantanner 4 Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 (edited) Hi All, I am a farmer and the proud owner of 58 in lamb Shetland ewes. To day I went to feed my sheep and found that I had two lambs off of one ewe and one more off another with its sibling on the way! The first Lambs are boys and one is white with black patches on his eyes and the other is all white. The second arrivals of the day are black with white patches on there heads. There navels have been dipped in iodine and they are up and running about like mad! More updates will follow as the lambing proceeds and pictures will be available when I bring them in, in the next few days. Any questions about lambing please feel free to PM me. or to email me at sambutler02@live.co.uk Thanks Edited April 10, 2011 by oldmantanner Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The one 8,395 Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 Why you go for Shetlands mate ?.Are they a rare breed ?. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oldmantanner 4 Posted April 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 Why you go for Shetlands mate ?.Are they a rare breed ?. Shetlands are not a rare breed, no. BUT they have one of the best fleeces you can get. Although they are not the biggest lambs you can get, they certainly are one of they tastiest PLUS in my experience they are also one of they easiest sheep to maintain. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carpentermark 21 Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 you need any rooks/ crows shooting? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oldmantanner 4 Posted April 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 you need any rooks/ crows shooting? No sorry mate I do it all my self, got a lovely 12 bore, dose the job great! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iworkwhippets 12,247 Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 What about bunny removal, im a decent sort of chap with a couple of whippet. broken to all livestock i thank you Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carpentermark 21 Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 you need any rooks/ crows shooting? No sorry mate I do it all my self, got a lovely 12 bore, dose the job great! ok mate, had to ask Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carpentermark 21 Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 (edited) where u based? do you sell lamb? if so, how much for half a lamb? PM if you like. Edited April 10, 2011 by carpentermark Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chimp 299 Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 ive had 30 plus cades this year . wahoo all been good fun and the last two are nearly weaned. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oldmantanner 4 Posted April 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 What about bunny removal, im a decent sort of chap with a couple of whippet. broken to all livestock i thank you Again i am terribly sorry but i do it my self, got coupla ferrets and lurcher! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oldmantanner 4 Posted April 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 OK So Lambing update number two. Last night was a good one with two singles being born, with no hassle what so ever! This morning I went to check the flock at 6 am and found three more lambs!! Pictures are on there way of yesterdays lambs and I will take some of last nights and this mornings as well today and hopefully will have them on here very soon!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oldmantanner 4 Posted April 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 Oh and yes we do sell lamb meat, a half lamb is £55 and whole lamb is £110. Only half a lamb available at the moment however more are due to go to the slaughter in the next coupla weeks!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chimp 299 Posted April 11, 2011 Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 i think you need to be checking market prices , lamb has gone silly this year thank f**k Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oldmantanner 4 Posted April 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 i think you need to be checking market prices , lamb has gone silly this year thank f**k Yes I have, however this lamb is not very large mate. So the price reflects the size. They range from 14 kilos to 19 kilos. That is what the latest batch were at. As I said they are not a very large breed and as such they are not commercial, but they are a supreme quality of meat Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Millet 4,497 Posted April 11, 2011 Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 Fooking lambing..im sick to death of it.. ..the skin on my hands is split to bits from iodine and after birth and i had to pull two rotton ones out of a hog the other night and could i hell get rid of the smell of my hand's..and i was helping the farmer pull a rotton one last week which the two front leg's came of when pulled..we ended up pulling it inch by inch and attatching string to each bit of the body that was pulled..when got to the rib cage it popped as it was gassed up and it sprayed rotton blood in my face and up my arm.. :sick: .. He has just shy of 500 ewes in lamb and should be through them all by the end of the week..obviously they will be a few late ones to lamb but the weather should be warm enough for them to lamb out side by then.. Just one question for you mate.. do you dose the lambs with scour halt when you iodine them.. i only ask because the only two that got missed with the stuff here have gone down in a bad way with some kind of lamness and will probably have to be culled. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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